Do SHMOOP quizzes count towards the overall grade?

[kevinmane]

I'm so confused.

Doing a SHMOOP course.

It has writing activities that are apparently optional.

What about the quizzes?

What are the DEFINITE things in the course that get GRADED?

[Ideas]

Edit: Oops, I was answering for the wrong site.

[leland.kirk]

I could've sworn someone just asked this, but no, quizzes do not count towards your overall grade. The only things that get graded are the unit exams and the final. They weigh a little differently per each course since there's a different amount of units in just about each course.
You just need a 70% or higher overall, which comes from the unit exams and the final. When you start a course there's a "What You'll Need" tab before Unit 1, and it will tell you what the weight of each unit exam is, as well as the weight of the final

[kevinmane]

Where are the unit exams and final?

Do I have to complete all those mini-activities within each Lesson before I can view a unit exam? It sure looks like it because I can't find the Unit exams anywhere.

[Old Guy]

Where are the unit exams and final?

Do I have to complete all those mini-activities within each Lesson before I can view a unit exam? It sure looks like it because I can't find the Unit exams anywhere.

At the end of each unit.  Click on syllabus toward left of page and every page shows up.  You don't have to do the multiple quizzes in each unit.

[chattenoire]

unit test example (within syllabus) - do each of these, then the final test at the end of the syllabus.